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J. M. GEBEQNS LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed April 24, 1923 2 Shana-Shoes. 3

TTOR/"JEV Patented Aug. 25, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOHN M. GIBBONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO LANTON .AUTO EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK'.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed April 24.-, 1923.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. GinoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage Garriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to luggage carriers, and particularly to a type of such devices which is adapted to be attached to or incorporated in the running board of an automobile.

More specifically stated, the invention hereinafter described may be considered an improvement on the luggage carrier described and claimed in the patent of Milfard Joseph Lantier, No. 1,458,347, dated J une 12,' 1923, for improvements in luggage carriers.

The general objects of the present invention are to increase the strength and rigidity of a luggage carrier o-f the type above mentioned, to provide for more complete housing of the parts when the carrier is in its collapsed r partially collapsed position, and to provide improved means for holding the adjustable sections of the carrier in their various operative and inoperative po` sitions.

The invention will be understood from the following description of one embodiment thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. is a plan view of the luggage carrier applied to the running board of an automobile, certain parts being shown in dot-and-dash lines, as well as in full lines, to indicate a position of the khorizontal section of the carrier intermediate its collapsed and its completely extended positions; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the carrier applied to the ruiming board of an automobile, dot-anddasli lines being used t0 show liow the vertical section may be moved from its extended to its collapsed position; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of one end of the luggage carrier, with the horizontal section in one of its collapsed positions and with the vertical section in its extended position; Fig.' l is a fragmentary, sectional transverse elevation showing certain details, the horizontal section of the carrier being in its extended position andthe vertical section being in its extended position; F. 5

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is a fragmentary, sectional, transverse elevation showing certain details of construe-- tion, with the horizontal section of the carrier in its collapsed position, and with the vertical section in its extended position; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary bottom view of a portion of the carrier including the means whereby the horizontal section is retained in its collapsed position or in any one of its extended positions. Like parts are referred to throughout the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the luggage carrier is shown as attached to the ruiming board 10 of an automobile, the portion of the luggage carrier which is directly se cured to the running board comprises a channel member 12 adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board, with the channel facing outwardly, by means of a plurality of pairs of metal straps 14 and le which are secured to the channel member 12 and extend on top of and underneath the running board. These metal straps 14 and 15 may be rigidly secured to the running board 10 by means of stove bolts 17 which pass through said straps and through holes drilled in the ruiming board, and at their bottom ends carry nuts 18. In cases where the luggage carrier is attached to a stamped metal running board having a flanged edge, wooden spacing members, properly drilled, may be interposed between the bottoni straps 15 and the bottom of the running board, so as to give the running board proper thickness at the places where the straps 14 and 15 extend above and below it. If desired, the channel member 12 may also be secured to the edge of a wooden running board by means of wood screws 2O extending through couutersunk holes in the bottom of the channel member and into the running board 10.

The channel member l2 serves, when the luggage carrier is in its completely collapsed condition, as a housing for both the horizontal and vertical sections of the carriers; and, in order to make this housing as complete as possible, the upper and lower sides of said channel member are cut olf at each end somewhat shorter than the base of said mem-r ber, and the ends 22 of the latter are bent out at right angles to the base and between the upper and lower sides of the channel member, as shown in Figs.I ,2 and 3.

The collapsible horizontal section of the luggage carrier comprises pairs of arms 24 and 25, which are pivotally connected to t-he tween the outer ends of the arms v24 and 25 is an outer moveable member, preferably in the form of another channel member 30. In vertical thickness, the channel member 30 is small enough so that this member and the arms 24 and 25 to which it is pivotally attached, are capable of entering the channel in `the member l2, when the horizontal section of the luggage carrier is collapsed. As is best shown in Fig. 4, the rivets 31, by which the arms 24 and 25 arey pivotally attached to the outer member 30, pass directly through the latter and through a spacing sleeve or washer 32 interposed between the sides of the channel member 30 in order to give increased strength to the joint. The horizontal section of the carrier may be secured in its completely collapsed or its completely extended or any intermediate position by means of one or more bolts 34 pro vided with wing nuts 35. As shown in Figs. 4 and 6, these bolts 34 are carried by certain of the arms 25V in holes through which said bolts pass, said holes and the cooperating portions of the bolts being made square so as to prevent rotation of the latter. The bolts 34 also pass through arcuate slots 37, in the lower side of the channel member l2, which are concentric with the rivet 27 around which the arm 25 rotates; and washers 38, interposed between the bottom of the member l2 and the wing nuts 35, furnish good bearing surfaces for the latter which when tightened effectively hold the horizontal section of the carrier in any desired position. The lower side of the channel member 30 is notched, as shown at 40 and 4l in Fig. l, so as to prevent this side from interfering with the heads of the bolts 34, when the horizontal 'section of the carrier is in its collapsed position.

The collapsible vertical section of the luggage carrier is carried by the channel member .30 which forms the outer edge of the horizontal section. This vertical section comprises arms 43, which at their lower ends are pivotally attached by rivets 44 to the outer side of the channel member 30. At their upper ends, the arms 43 are pivotally connected to the upper movable member 46 by means of rivets 48; and the member 46 is thus maintained in parallel relation with the member 30, even during movement thereof, as indicatedy in Fig. 2. The collapsible vertical section of the carrier is held action of the arm 50 is utilized to hold the pin in engagement with the hole in the member 30. While the vertical section of the carrier is in its collapsed position, the arm 50 lies behind the arm 43 and enters the channel in the member l2. In order to limit the downward movement of the vertical section of the carrier in its collapsed position, and also to provide handles by which the horizontal section of the carrier may conveniently be moved from its vcollapsed to its extended position, the outside of the member 30 is preferably provided with brackets 55. These brackets 55, the form of which is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, may be made of two pieces of sheet metal welded together and secured'by rivets 56 to the member 30. The bottom of the member 46 is preferably notched as shown at 58 so that the member 46 will lie in the brackets 55'in line with the member 30; and notches 6() in the lower side of the channel member l2 receive the inner portions of the brackets 55 and permit the horizontal and vertical sections of the carrier to be folded into the channel in the member l2.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the horizontal section of the carrier may be secured in its completely collapsed or in any extendedposition by means of the wing units 35; and that the vertical section is retained in its extended position by the arm 50, and in its collapsed position by the brackets 55. The carrier may, therefore, be used with the horizontal section extended as much as may be desired, and with the vertical section either collapsed or completely extended. It is thus possible with this carrier to carry on thel ruiming board of an automobile either wide articles such as trunks which project beyond thek outer edge' of the carrier, or smaller articles which are capable of being placed between the automobile body and the plane of the vertical section of the carrier. The carrier thus has a wide range of usefulness.

lVhile I have illustrated and described one preferable' structure embodying the principles of my invention, I have done so by way of example only as I wish to be understood as not limiting myself thereto, as I may depart from the structural details shown without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention as defined in the following claims.

What` I claim is: p p

l. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channelshaped housing member adapted to be secured to the edge of the ruiming board with the channel facing outwardly, a collapsible horizontal section pivotally connected to said housing member and adapted to fold into the channel therein, and a collapsible vertical section carried by the outer edge of the horizontal section and also adapted when collapsed to enter the channel in said housing member.

2. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channelshaped housing member adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board with the channel facing outwardly, a collapsible horizontal section including pairs of arms pivotally connected to said housing member and an outer member piiivotally connected to said pairs of arms, and a collapsible vertical section attached to said outer member, said sections when collapsed being capable of entering the channel in said housing member.

3. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channelshaped housing member adapted to be secured to the edge of the ruiming board, pairs of arms pivotally connected to said housing member, an outer channel-shaped member pivotally connected to the outer ends of said arms, arms pivotally secured to said outer member, and a bar pivotally secured to said last mentioned arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said outer member.

4. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channelshaped housing member adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board with the channel facing outwardly, pairs of arms pivotally connected to said housing member for movement in horizontal planes, an outer channel-shaped member pivotally connected to the outer ends of said pairs of arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said housing member, arms pivotally connected to said outer member, and an upper movable member pivotally secured to said last mentioned arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said outer member.

5. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channelshaped housing member, means for securing said housing member to the edge of the running board with 'the channel facing outwardly, pairs of arms pivotally connected to the top and bottom portion of said housing member and adapted to move in horizontal planes into and out of the channel in said housing member, an outer channelshaped member arranged with its channel facing the channel in said housing member and located between the outer ends of said arms and pivotally connected to the latter and adapted to enter the channel in said housing member, arms pivotally connected to said outer member and movable in a vertical plane, and an upper movable member pivotally secured to the ends of said last mentioned arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said outer member.

6. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a member adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board, pairs of arms pivotally connected to said member for movement in horizontal planes, an outer movable member pivotally connected to the outer ends of said pairs of arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to the member which is adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board, means cooperating with the lower arms in certain of said pairs for adjustably holding them in various positions, arms pivotally connected to said outer member, an upper movable member pivotally connected to said last mentioned arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said outer member, and means for holding said last mentioned arms in positions at lsoubstantially right angles to said outer mem- 7. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channel member adapted to be secured to the edge of the ruiming board with the channel facing outwardly, pairs of arms pivotally connected to the top and bottom sides of said channel member for movement in horizontal planes, the bottom side of said channel member being provided with a slot concentric with the pivotal axis of the lower arm of one of said pairs, a bolt provided with a wing nut carried by said last memtioned arm and extending through said slot for clamping said arm in various positions, an outer movable member pivotally connected to the ends of said pairs of arms and maintained by them in parallel relation to said channel member, and a collapsible vertical section carried by said outer movable member.

8. In a luggage carrier for automobile running boards and the like, a channel member adapted to be secured to the edge of the running board with the channel facing outwardly, a collapsible horizontal section attached at its inner edge to said channel member, a collapsible vertical section carried by the outer edge of the horizontal section, said sections when collapsed being adap-ted to enter the channel in said channel member, and means mounted on the outer edge of said horizontal section for limiting the collapsible movement of said vertical section and serving as handles for the withdrawal of said horizontal section from the channel in said channel member.

JOHN M. GIBBONS. 

